Stories from the corpus and beyond
Two flavours: pieces derived from the speech corpus (deepen automatically as new speeches sync) and hand-curated civic-knowledge pages aimed at Leben in Deutschland exam prep.
From the speech corpus
Topic vocabulary
The most frequent content words per political topic. Real vocab from real debates, frequency-ranked.
Migration
Top vocabulary
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Klima
Top vocabulary
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Innere Sicherheit
Top vocabulary
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Grammar & style
B2/C1 connectors
allerdings, indes, gleichwohl ...
The discourse markers that make formal German what it is, with per-Fraktion frequency and example speeches.
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Rhetorical formulas
Greetings, Konjunktiv, interruptions
How speakers open, how they hedge with the subjunctive, and how the floor heckles back. Counted from the live corpus.
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Conduct & change
Vocabulary drift
How the top words of a topic shift from one Wahlperiode to the next.
Migration
Word shifts over time
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Klima
Word shifts over time
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Innere Sicherheit
Word shifts over time
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Civic knowledge for the LiD test (and beyond)
Hand-curated educational pages on the German political and constitutional order. Useful for the Leben in Deutschland / Einbürgerungstest and for general literacy.
Bundeskanzler
All chancellors since 1949
From Adenauer to today, one line on why each one matters.
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Bundespräsident
All federal presidents since 1949
The ceremonial head of state and what each holder is remembered for.
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Grundgesetz
The articles every learner should know
Key articles in plain English plus the original German wording, with context.
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Gewaltenteilung
Legislative, executive, judicative
How the three branches actually divide power in Germany.
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Pressefreiheit
Press freedom in the BRD
Constitutional protections, source protection, and pressure points.
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Right-wing & counter
Notable movements + civic responses
Public-record overview of right-wing organisations and the counter-movements that meet them.
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Right-wing vocabulary
Coded language guide
What terms like Umvolkung, Lügenpresse, Remigration, Schuldkult actually mean and why they're flagged. Grouped by category.
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Leben in Deutschland test
Format, pass mark, where to prep
The 33-question test in plain language.
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